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Mesoscale Discussion 2497

November 17, 200310 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 17, 2003, 1:11 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2003, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2003, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Clay County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 6:42 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 19 more	3 hr
Nov 17, 3:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Geary, Jackson and 7 more	113 min
Nov 17, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 3 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 7:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 27 more	3 hr
Nov 17, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 37 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 10:59 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 36 more	91 min
Nov 17, 12:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 18 more	6 hr
Nov 17, 2:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Johnston and 6 more	2 hr
Nov 17, 5:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	LeFlore, McCurtain	65 min
Nov 16, 6:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 12 more	118 min
Nov 17, 7:11 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 40 more	3 hr
Nov 17, 8:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazoria and 54 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 9:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 36 more	92 min
Nov 17, 10:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Hardin, Harris and 6 more	84 min
Nov 17, 11:50 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bell, Bosque and 75 more	85 min
Nov 17, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 15 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 3:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt and 16 more	88 min
Nov 17, 5:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Angelina, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 14 more	53 min
Nov 17, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton and 2 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.